As anti-ICE protests continue in New Jersey's Newark, state governor Mikie Sherrill has appealed for calm. In a statement, the Democrat governor said she sent in state police to bring order outside Delaney Hall as the demonstrations have intensified, with violence and arrests increasing as night falls. The protests began a week earlier after immigrant advocates alleged that detainees inside launched a hunger strike over "poor living conditions" at the 1,000-bed Delaney Hall immigration facility. Demonstrators have been attempting to block people and vehicles from entering and exiting, linking their arms in a human chain and using trash cans, umbrellas and other items as makeshift shields and barricades. ICE officers wearing helmets and tactical vests have used pepper spray and batons to try to disperse the protesters and clear the roadway for vehicles.